2016 China League One

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Season 2016 Dates 12 Mar 2016 – 22 Oct 2016 Location China Matches played 240		Champions Tianjin Quanjian Champion Tianjin Quanjian F.C. Goals scored 647

Promoted Tianjin Quanjian Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng Top goalscorer Luís Fabiano (22 goals) Biggest home win Meizhou Hakka 6-0 Hunan Billows (Apr. 16th, 2016) (6 goals) Biggest away win Dalian Transcendence 0-4 Shanghai Shenxin (Jul. 3rd, 2016) Hunan Billows 1-5 Zhejiang Yiteng (Aug. 13th, 2016) (4 goals) Relegated Qingdao Jonoon F.C., Hunan Billows F.C. Similar 2014 China League O, 2015 Chinese Super Le, 2016 Chinese Super Le

The 58.com 2016 Chinese Football Association China League (Chinese: 58同城2016中国足球协会甲级联赛) was the 13th season of the China League One, the second tier of the Chinese football league pyramid, since its establishment in 2004. The league's title sponsor is the e-commerce website 58.com.

Teams

A total of 16 teams are contesting in the league, including 12 sides from the 2015 season, two relegated from the 2015 Chinese Super League and two promoted from the 2015 China League Two.

Name Changes

Tianjin Songjiang F.C. changed their name to Tianjin Quanjian F.C. in December 2015.

Dalian Aerbin F.C. changed their name to Dalian Yifang F.C. in December 2015.

Qingdao Hainiu F.C. changed their name to Qingdao Huanghai F.C. in December 2015.

Guizhou Zhicheng F.C. changed their name to Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng F.C. in January 2016.

Guizhou Renhe F.C. moved to the city of Beijing and changed their name to Beijing Renhe F.C. in January 2016.

Harbin Yiteng moved to the city of Shaoxing and changed their name to Zhejiang Yiteng F.C. in January 2016.

Foreign players

The number of foreign players is limited to three per CL1 team. Teams can use three foreign players on the field each game.

^1 Foreign players who left their clubs or were sent to reverse team after the first half of the season.

Hong Kong/Macau/Taiwan outfield players (Contracts signed before 1 January 2016 do not count for the foreign player slot):

Results

Updated to games played on 22 October 2016.
Source: sports.sina.com
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

Last updated: 22 October 2016
Source: Table by round (Chinese)

Awards

The awards of 2016 China League One were announced on 9 November 2016.

China League One Most valuable player: Luís Fabiano (Tianjin Quanjian)

China League One Top scorer: Luís Fabiano (Tianjin Quanjian)

China League One Best goalkeeper: Zhang Lu (Tianjin Quanjian)

China League One Young Player of the Year: Ming Tian (Wuhan Zall)

China League One Best coach: Li Bing (Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng)

References

2016 China League One Wikipedia

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